n4ku wrote: 
wow

what a way to go

died doing what he loved

rip 

Colonel Bruce Hampton Dies After Collapsing On Stage During His Own Birthday Concert

Agustín Edwards Eastman: A Declassified Obituary

Media mogul Agustin Edwards Eastman, who was widely regarded as the Rupert Murdoch of Chile, died on April 24, at age 89, leaving a legacy of close collaboration with Henry Kissinger and the CIA in instigating and supporting the September 11, 1973, military coup.  Edwards was the only Chilean—civilian or military—known to meet face-to-face with CIA Director Richard Helms in September 1970 in connection with plans to instigate regime change against Socialist leader Salvador Allende, who had just been elected president.

Declassified CIA and White House documents posted today by the National Security Archive at The George Washington University show conclusively what Edwards repeatedly denied – that he and his newspaper, El Mercurio, became a critical part of U.S. plans to foment a military coup against President Allende. (...)

antiwar, human rights activist will grigg has died of a heart attack  

Goodbye, Will Grigg

 Red_Dragon wrote: 
Aww, man.  I must have listened to Wound Up Tight about a gazillion times in the mid '80s.  Good stuff.

Lonnie Brooks

 

 R_P wrote: 
He was quite the innovator for sure. RIP.

Roland founder and music pioneer Ikutaro Kakehashi dies aged 87

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzXNdLVZs3k

I've heard this song since I was 13 and if I was ever caught alone when it would come on the radio, Id be teary eyed.  Like joyfully teary eyed.

I played it when I learned of his death and I cried my eyes out.  I'm trying to learn it on bass right now and I can't see the fucking fret board.  

What a loss.  RIP, Al. 

 Antigone wrote: 
R.I.P.

Al Jarreau.

 R_P wrote: 

great guy 

i hope his work continues through his son/coworkers

edit: that's the best case for nuclear energy ever

more energy = higher standard of living = stable population

Hans Rosling dies aged 68
Statistician and development champion, whose gift for making data sing brought his innovative ideas to a worldwide audience, dies after year-long illness

 Antigone wrote: 
Dammit. 

 Isabeau wrote: 
enjoyed his work

esp 1984

rip john

 Antigone wrote: 
Well, crap. Other than the wand vendor, my favorite role: Winston Smith in 1984. Oh, and Hadden on Contact. Oh, damn.

Antigone wrote: 
 Brilliant Actor. A great legacy. He will be missed.

Oh man ... John Hurt.

Peter Overend Watts, the bassist for the rock band Mott the Hoople, died Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017

Maggie Roche, of The Roches.